Steady India thrash anxious Pakistan
India, needing to win this to stay alive, posted their first Super Eights win in World Twenty20s since 2007
30/09Result
20th Match, Group 2 (N), ICC World Twenty20 at Colombo, Sep 30 2012
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
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![India]( "India")
129/2 (17/20 ov)
Player of the Match
30/09Result
20th Match, Group 2 (N), ICC World Twenty20 at Colombo, Sep 30 2012
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
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![India]( "India")
129/2 (17/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Day
'The weight of the country'
An American talking cricket with Pakistan fans in Sri Lanka. Plus, a garden party Sri Lankan high-society style
Pakistan lose bottle for Kohli's vintage
The heat was high in Colombo but Pakistan froze. In a game in which they had too less to lose, and India started poorly, Pakistan were never relaxed
Hafeez the hesitant
Somehow, the pulsating, tenacious Pakistan side which had won three successive World Twenty20 games failed to turn up
Yuvraj's place in XI was not in doubt - Dhoni
A day after some former India players questioned Yuvraj Singh's fitness and asked for him to be dropped, MS Dhoni has reiterated that Yuvraj is in shape for Twenty20 cricket and that his place in the India XI is not in doubt
An Akmal drops a catch
Plays of the Day for the Super Eights game between India and Pakistan in Colombo
Shastri, Manjrekar question Yuvraj's hasty comeback
Former India players Ravi Shastri and Sanjay Manjrekar have questioned the hasty comeback of Yuvraj Singh after he recovered from cancer earlier this year
The absurdity of making Irfan open
There is no logic behind is using Irfan Pathan as an opener, when there are others better suited for the task
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.998 |
| WI | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.375 |
| ENG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.397 |
| NZ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.169 |
| Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.464 |
| PAK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.273 |
| IND | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.274 |
| SA | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.421 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.825 |
| ENG | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.65 |
| AFG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3.475 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.184 |
| WI | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.855 |
| IRE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2.092 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3.598 |
| SL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.852 |
| ZIM | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3.624 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| PAK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.706 |
| NZ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.15 |
| BAN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.868 |